Come and be part of a global voice for wild plants and fungi
This year on National Meadows Day, we are campaigning for the protection of irreplaceable meadows – and we need your help!
Our wildflower meadows are a powerful ally in the fight against climate change – but they are in trouble!
“Will you help protect and restore irreplaceable habitats?”
Our corporate partners benefit from 35 years of experience in nature restoration so they can achieve real impact.
Become a Plantlife member today and together we will rebuild a world rich in plants and fungi
Our Director of Conservation Nicola Hutchinson and Head of Global Rachel Hoffmann will be in Abu Dhabi from the 8-13 of October for the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
Get in touch at Global@Plantlife.org.uk if you would like to meet up.
Plantlife speaks up for wild plants and fungi nationally (in the UK) and internationally. We campaign for global strategies for nature, people and the climate to include the restoration and protection of native wild plant and fungi species and habitats – for a healthy, diverse, plant rich world.
To effectively conserve wild plants and fungi—and address the interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and societal wellbeing—we need a truly inclusive, whole-of-society approach. Our mission is to encourage, support, and inspire action at every level: from individuals and communities, to local and national organisations, and governments worldwide.
Plantlife is at the heart of a growing global network of scientists, policy makers, conservation organisations, local and indigenous communities, working to bridge the gap from knowledge to conservation action on the ground.
Identify the best sites globally to deliver conservation and management actions for plants and fungi
Advocate for these sites to be integrated into conservation decision-making, planning, management and monitoring processes
Delivery of conservation and management actions at these sites to improve plant and fungi populations to healthy and resilient levels
Plantlife has worked closely with other members of the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC) to establish a set of voluntary complementary Plant Conservation Actions related to plant conservation for the new GSPC.
Head of Global Rachel Hoffmann now sits on the executive committee of the GPPC, advocating for a whole of society approach to plant conservation.
Important Plant Areas (IPAs) are at the heart of our global action for wild plants and fungi. They are the key sites in the world for exceptional botanical richness, rare, threatened and socio-economically valuable plant species and rare and threatened habitats.
Plantlife developed the first IPA criteria in 2001, and these are now being applied in over 50 countries around the world.
As ‘the global voice for plants and fungi’ Plantlife is scaling up its work to deliver effective outcomes for fungi conservation.
Plantlife is contributing to the finalisation of the Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation (GSFC), which aims to bring much more awareness to the conservation of fungi and to stimulate and guide research and action at local, national, region and global levels. It is being designed to harmonise with the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework so, through the delivery of its actions, Parties can meet their Convention on Biological Diversity biodiversity obligations.
Once published, we will be advocating for the strategy’s inclusion across a broad spectrum of national and international frameworks and plans to ensure that action for fungi is given the much needed attention this kingdom deserves.
Check back soon for updates.
At Plantlife, we are working with partners to gain recognition for grassland ecosystems not just in the UK, but around the world as nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.
Storing between 25-35% of the world’s terrestrial carbon, they are an underutilised resource. We work with several international organisations in calling on world governments to recognise their value on a global scale.
It’s not just trees that capture and store carbon – our meadows and grasslands can play an important role too.
We’re thrilled that the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation was adopted at COP16. Just returned from Cali, Colombia – our Global Advocacy Officer Claire Rumsey tells us more
The peat-rich Flow Country, which our Munsary Peatlands are part of, has been given the same standing as the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon.
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